Legal Opinion
James L. Polk and Mattie B. Polk v. Dixie Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1990No. 88-4737PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This is a Mississippi law diversity suit brought in January 1987 by plaintiffs-appellants James L. Polk (Polk) and Mattie B. Polk against defendant-appellee Dixie Insurance Company (Dixie), the insurer of Polk’s 1981 Cadillac Seville which was totally destroyed in a July 31, 1986 fire, for insurance policy proceeds due for the loss of the car and for punitive damages for bad faith denial of the claim. Dixie defended on the grounds of arson. The district court granted Dixie’s motion for summary judgment on the punitive damages claim, and the policy claim was thereafter…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. VealMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. SimpsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Miss. v. CampbellMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Marjorie O'DOnnell v. Georgia Osteopathic Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Doctors HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Wendolyn A. Kelly v. Lee's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Inc. (Lee's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of New Orleans, Inc.), State Farm Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Caldwell v. Alfa Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- James L. Polk and Mattie B. Polk v. Dixie Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Thomas v. Diversified Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- James L. Polk and Mattie B. Polk v. Dixie Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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